Abstract

THE main body of Add. MS. 14040 contains three translations into Castihan: Ramon
Lull's 'Libre del gentil e los tres savis' (ff. 1-85V) in a version by Gonçalo Sanches de
Useda and his 'Coment del dictat' (ff. 86r-iiir) from the Catalan, and an extract from
the Flores Sancti Bernardi, probably from the Latin (ff. iiiv-ii2v). The first text is
copied in one hand, the second and third in another. The text published here for the first
time (see figs. 2-5) was added to the manuscript between 1406 (the date of composition
or copying ofthe Flores version) and its acquisition by Hernando Colon (d. 1539), who
added his mark of ownership at the bottom off. ii4v. The copyist of our text doubtless
thought the story suitable for inclusion because it cites the Flores at 11. 90-3.